Navy requires strict body composition standards for active duty service. Measurements needed include height, neck, waist, and hips. Measurements taken while standing straight with head horizontal
Built in Kiel in 1935-1938 as Ersatz Hessen, later renamed Gneisenau. Armed with nine 28 cm guns in three triple turrets. Modified with raised "Atlantic bow" due to heavy seas damage
Second Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier and Royal Navy Fleet Flagship. Built at Rosyth Dockyard from 52 blocks between 2011 and 2017. Originally planned for STOVL operation with F-35B, later converted to CATOBAR. Features 9 decks below flight deck and 16,000 square metres
Named after WWII Pacific fleet commander Chester W. Nimitz. Commissioned in 1975 as CVN-68, later redesignated for multi-mission capability. Built by Newport News Shipbuilding for $106.5 million contract
Named after President Gerald Ford, who served on Monterey during WWII. Construction began in 2005, keel laid in 2009, christened in 2013. Replaced decommissioned USS Enterprise, delivered in 2017. Construction costs reached $13.027 billion, making it most expensive warship
Galleons were large sailing ships developed in Spain and Portugal. Term "galeon" originated from Venetian oared vessels in 15th century. Pedro Menéndez and Álvaro de Bazán designed definitive long-hulled galleon in 1550s